Black Protester Referred to as ‘Lizzo’ By White Guys, Receives Monkey Taunts
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A Black pro-Palestine protester was referred to as “Lizzo” by a gaggle of white counter-protesters throughout a heated faceoff this week … and he or she acquired racist taunts likening her to a monkey.
The ugly scene went down Thursday on the College of Mississippi — with each pro-Palestine and pro-Israel factions holding dueling protests proper there on the campus, which bought heated when a gaggle of bros zeroed in on a Black feminine on the Palestine facet of issues.
She was standing there on their own and filming them … and the boys, most of whom had been white, might be heard repeatedly insulting her weight — invoking Lizzo‘s title to get the purpose throughout … all whereas calling her a “bitch” and different specific insults.
At one level whereas they had been clashing — from a distance, with no bodily contact — one of many guys who was screaming at her might be seen mimicking a monkey, taunting her.
In fact … the extremely racist gesture has been met with main backlash — with many suggesting these fellas had been merely on the market to antagonize and use the protests to show bigotry. Based mostly on what’s depicted in these movies … it actually feels that method.
What’s even crazier about that is the truth that Rep. Mike Collins — a U.S. congressman for Georgia — posted this video himself and praised the Ole Miss guys … saying they had been “taking good care of enterprise.”
Ole Miss itself had this to say concerning the altercation … “Statements had been made on the demonstration on our campus Thursday that had been offensive and inappropriate. Any actions that violate college coverage will likely be met with applicable motion.”
Fortunately, the protests at Ole Miss Thursday remained largely peaceable — as there have been no arrests reported, and no accidents both. Cops had been out in power although, together with right here.
The identical has been occurring everywhere in the nation … however in a whole lot of these cases, issues have gotten violent quick.
